n addition to the practice of meditation, study and contemplation are essential for developing on the Buddhist path. The Bodhi Path Instructors offer a longer-term online study program that provides a good initial foundation for understanding the Buddhist path. The study base for this is the ‘Jewel Ornament of Liberation’ by Gampopa, a text that lays out the entire path to awakening. This complex text will be presented in accessible form with subsequent opportunity for reflection and exchange. The program…

Fortsetzung der Studienreihe über den Text ‚Der kostbare Schmuck der Befreiung‘ von Gampopa mit den Bodhi Path Instructors Neben der Praxis von Meditation sind Studium und Kontemplation wesentlich für die Entwicklung auf dem buddhistischen Pfad. Die Bodhi Path Instructors bieten ein neues, längerfristiges online-Studienprogramm an, das eine gute erste Grundlage für das Verständnis des buddhistischen Weges darstellt. Die Studienbasis hierfür ist `Der  kostbare Schmuck der Befreiung‘ von Gampopa, ein Text, der den gesamten Weg zum Erwachen darlegt. Dieser komplexe Text…

Rinpoche will show how to enter the path of a bodhisattva – how to approach the attitude of bodhicitta, this focus on the well-being of all. On Sunday morning Rinpoche will also give an initiation to Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of boundless light. The Ven. Nendo Kuchung Rinpoche, born in 1962, is the sixth Reincarnation in the supreme Nendo Kuchung lineage. In the age of 10 years he was recognized by His Holiness, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, as…

On Sunday, August 31, the video series continues from the last course that Shamar Rinpoche gave here in June 2014, shortly before his entry to parinirvana. The entire course will be streamed in consecutive sequences of which this is the third one. It is already 10 years since we were suddenly confronted with Rinpoche’s departure and these video sequences now bring him vividly to mind. The course is based on the concise Lojong teachings of the 5th Shamarpa. The text…